#0477

Dusknoir

Gripper Pokémon

About

Comes to those whose lives have come to an end and escorts their souls to the afterlife. Known to mistakenly take the souls of those who yet have life left in them, albeit rarely.

Legends: Arceus 1 of 6

Abilities

Pressure

Increases the PP cost of moves targetting the Pokémon by one.

Frisk Hidden ability

Reveals an opponent's held item upon entering battle.

Height: 2.2 m 7′03″
Weight: 106.6 kg 235.0 lb
Gender: ♂ 50% ♀ 50%

Base stats

Range at

Stat	Base	Range at level 100
HP	45	200–294
Attack	100	184–328
Defense	135	247–405
Sp. Atk	65	121–251
Sp. Def	135	247–405
Speed	45	85–207
Total	525

Ranges assume 0 IVs, 0 EVs and a hindering nature at the low end, and 31 IVs, 252 EVs and a helpful nature at the high end.

Type matchups

Multipliers use the current type chart. Abilities that change damage taken can be applied.

Taking hits

Weak 2×: GhostDark
Resists ½×: PoisonBug
Immune: NormalFighting

Same-type attacks

Super effective 2×: PsychicGhost
Not very effective ½×: Dark
No effect: Normal

Evolution

#0355 Duskull Ghost

Level 37
#0356 Dusclops Ghost
- Trade holding Reaper Cloth
  
  #0477 Dusknoir Ghost

Moves

Moves this Pokémon can learn in the selected game. STAB marks attacks that share its type.

Lv.	Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Astonish STAB Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Ghost	Physical	30	100%	15
1	Bind Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns.	Normal	Physical	15	85%	20
1	Disable Disables the target’s last used move for 1-8 turns.	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
1	Fire Punch Has a chance to burn the target.	Fire	Physical	75	100%	15
1	Gravity Disables moves and immunities that involve flying or levitating for five turns.	Psychic	Status	—	—	5
1	Ice Punch Has a chance to freeze the target.	Ice	Physical	75	100%	15
1	Leer Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100%	30
1	Shadow Punch STAB Never misses.	Ghost	Physical	60	—	20
1	Shadow Sneak STAB Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Ghost	Physical	40	100%	30
1	Thunder Punch Has a chance to paralyze the target.	Electric	Physical	75	100%	15
12	Confuse Ray Confuses the target.	Ghost	Status	—	100%	10
16	Night Shade STAB Inflicts damage equal to the user’s level.	Ghost	Special	—	100%	15
20	Payback Power is doubled if the target has already moved this turn.	Dark	Physical	50	100%	10
24	Will-O-Wisp Burns the target.	Fire	Status	—	85%	15
28	Mean Look Prevents the target from leaving battle.	Normal	Status	—	—	5
32	Hex STAB Has double power if the target has a major status ailment.	Ghost	Special	65	100%	10
36	Curse Ghosts pay half their max HP to hurt the target every turn. Others decrease Speed but raise Attack and Defense.	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
42	Shadow Ball STAB Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Ghost	Special	80	100%	15
48	Future Sight Hits the target two turns later.	Psychic	Special	120	100%	10
54	Destiny Bond If the user faints this turn, the target automatically will, too.	Ghost	Status	—	—	5

Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc.	PP
Blizzard Has a chance to freeze the target.	Ice	Special	110	70%	5
Body Slam Has a chance to paralyze the target.	Normal	Physical	85	100%	15
Brick Break Destroys Reflect and Light Screen.	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	15
Calm Mind Raises the user’s Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage.	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
Charge Beam Has a chance to raise the user’s Special Attack by one stage.	Electric	Special	50	90%	10
Confuse Ray Confuses the target.	Ghost	Status	—	100%	10
Curse Ghosts pay half their max HP to hurt the target every turn. Others decrease Speed but raise Attack and Defense.	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
Dark Pulse Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Dark	Special	80	100%	15
Earthquake Inflicts regular damage and can hit Dig users.	Ground	Physical	100	100%	10
Endure Prevents the user’s HP from lowering below 1 this turn.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Facade Power doubles if user is burned, paralyzed, or poisoned.	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
Fire Punch Has a chance to burn the target.	Fire	Physical	75	100%	15
Fling Throws held item at the target; power depends on the item.	Dark	Physical	—	100%	10
Focus Blast Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Fighting	Special	120	70%	5
Focus Punch If the user takes damage before attacking, the attack is canceled.	Fighting	Physical	150	100%	20
Future Sight Hits the target two turns later.	Psychic	Special	120	100%	10
Giga Impact User foregoes its next turn to recharge.	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5
Gravity Disables moves and immunities that involve flying or levitating for five turns.	Psychic	Status	—	—	5
Hard Press The target is crushed with an arm, a claw, or the like to inflict damage. The more HP the target has left, the greater the move's power.	Steel	Physical	0	100%	10
Haze Resets all Pokémon’s stats, accuracy, and evasion.	Ice	Status	—	—	30
Helping Hand Ally’s next move inflicts half more damage.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
Hex STAB Has double power if the target has a major status ailment.	Ghost	Special	65	100%	10
Hyper Beam User foregoes its next turn to recharge.	Normal	Special	150	90%	5
Ice Beam Has a chance to freeze the target.	Ice	Special	90	100%	10
Ice Punch Has a chance to freeze the target.	Ice	Physical	75	100%	15
Icy Wind Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.	Ice	Special	55	95%	15
Imprison Prevents the target from using any moves that the user also knows.	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
Leech Life Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Bug	Physical	80	100%	10
Metronome Randomly selects and uses any move in the game.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Night Shade STAB Inflicts damage equal to the user’s level.	Ghost	Special	—	100%	15
Pain Split Sets the user’s and targets’s HP to the average of their current HP.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
Phantom Force STAB User vanishes, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn. Hits through Protect and Detect.	Ghost	Physical	90	100%	10
Poltergeist STAB Fails if the target has no held item.	Ghost	Physical	110	90%	5
Protect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Psych Up Discards the user’s stat changes and copies the target’s.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Psychic Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Psychic	Special	90	100%	10
Rain Dance Changes the weather to rain for five turns.	Water	Status	—	—	5
Rest User sleeps for two turns, completely healing itself.	Psychic	Status	—	—	5
Rock Slide Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10
Rock Tomb Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.	Rock	Physical	60	95%	15
Shadow Ball STAB Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Ghost	Special	80	100%	15
Skill Swap User and target swap abilities.	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
Skitter Smack Lowers the target’s Special Attack by one stage.	Bug	Physical	70	90%	10
Sleep Talk Randomly uses one of the user’s other three moves. Only works if the user is sleeping.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Spite Lowers the PP of the target’s last used move by 4.	Ghost	Status	—	100%	10
Substitute Transfers 1/4 of the user’s max HP into a doll, protecting the user from further damage or status changes until it breaks.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for five turns.	Fire	Status	—	—	5
Swift Never misses.	Normal	Special	60	—	20
Taunt For the next few turns, the target can only use damaging moves.	Dark	Status	—	100%	20
Tera Blast If the user has Terastallized, it unleashes energy of its Tera Type. This move inflicts damage using the Attack or Sp. Atk stat—whichever is higher for the user.	Normal	Special	80	100%	10
Thief Takes the target’s item.	Dark	Physical	60	100%	25
Thunder Punch Has a chance to paralyze the target.	Electric	Physical	75	100%	15
Trick User and target swap items.	Psychic	Status	—	100%	10
Trick Room For five turns, slower Pokémon will act before faster Pokémon.	Psychic	Status	—	—	5
Will-O-Wisp Burns the target.	Fire	Status	—	85%	15

Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc.	PP
Haze Resets all Pokémon’s stats, accuracy, and evasion.	Ice	Status	—	—	30
Memento Lowers the target’s Attack and Special Attack by two stages. User faints.	Dark	Status	—	100%	10
Pain Split Sets the user’s and targets’s HP to the average of their current HP.	Normal	Status	—	—	20

Move

Type

Training and breeding

Training

EV yield: 1 Defense, 2 Sp. Def
Catch rate: 45
Base friendship: 35
Base experience: 236
Growth rate: Fast
Wild held items: Kasib Berry, Spell Tag

Breeding

Egg groups: Indeterminate
Egg cycles: 25 (about 6,425 steps)